Turtle Bay

Turtle Bay is a neighborhood of eastern Manhattan, New York City. The neighborhood contains the United Nations building and the Chrysler Building, two major landmarks in NYC. Turtle Bay is not named after turtles, but instead the Dutch word for "knife", deutal, as the area resembled the shape of a knife; it was settled in 1639 by the United Provinces. The area was mostly an industrial area during the 1800s, but a large communal garden and several tenement buildings were built during the 1920s. Turtle Bay became a middle-to-upper-class neighborhood during the 1900s, leading to it becoming home to major buildings such as the UN and the Chrysler Building. In 2011, the neighborhood had a population of 24,611 people.